#C9DD58#C9DD58

#C9DD58 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.158 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DD58
RGB	rgb(201, 221, 88)
HSL	hsl(69, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(69, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 60.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.40, -24.59, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.40, 66.04, 111.86°)
OKLab	oklab(85.7% -0.072 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(85.7% 0.158 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.7063, 64.8355, 19.0213)
Luminance	0.6483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DD58 #6C58DD

analogous

#DDAF58 #C9DD58 #86DD58

triadic

#C9DD58 #58C9DD #DD58C9

tetradic

#C9DD58 #58DDAF #6C58DD #DD5886

square

#C9DD58 #58DDAF #6C58DD #DD5886

split-complementary

#C9DD58 #5886DD #AF58DD

monochromatic

#889B20 #B5CE2A #C9DD58 #D9E78B #EAF2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#C9DD58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#C9DD58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DD58

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DD58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DD58	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dd58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 221, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.158 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce78c',
    500: '#c9dd58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dd58;
$custom-light: #dce78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dd58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.023,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85703,
    "c": 0.1581,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DD58

secondary

#493A9F

accent

#17CE33

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DD58

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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